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We want the best for our children and for all the children of the world.
And we are very aware
that not all children are born into ideal conditions.
There are millions of illiterate children in this world,
children who should be going to school and aren't
and children who will be left behind,
who are caught in a spiral of unending poverty.
She had faith in her project.
She believed that no-one could resist the argument,
that a beautiful book could change the life of a child.
They have to be brought back into the world of childhood.
By telling them stories,
by hearing the music of other words,
by showing them other pictures,
you can lead them back, back into life.
The smile of a child opening a new book,
this is her highest reward
over and above all the difficulties she's had to deal with.